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HAT KB OF SUBSCRIPTION. ()no Copy of tho Taper ono year JJj Ouo Copy of tlio Taper at* month*,. a oo Ono Copy of Uin Timor tbroo month*, » 1 w Mlnyh- Copy of tho Paper • 10 Club Rato*. Ton Copies of tho Taper ono year •JJJ JJ{| Twenty Copies of tho Taper ono year, 40 w W All Subscription* must bo ftald Invariably in ad* .. ... . .. 1 flivorof anybody, mod, lu all instance*. at tho vanoo. No discrimination In flivor of anyliody. 99- lio Paper will bo htopnod, In all lnrtiinros, ut the tlmo paid for, unlna* subscription* arn previously ronowod. JONKS k WILLINGHAM. * Address all ordorn to Attorneys, XV. O. TUOOI.Hi ATTORNEY AT I.AW, I.« UrailKr. ....OnorgU. 1. K, TOOL., L " HAUnr. TOOI.lll A MAIlllV, ATTORNEYS AT I.AW. T.nUrnngr, Otorgla, W ILT. iirtu-Uco In tho Raporlor Court* of tlio couutt.; of Troon, IIohtiI, OMroll, CovrnU, Mortwotlior «td Harris. Also, in tho Huprnino Court of OoorHla, and In the United Rtate* District Court at Atlanta. 9*- OFFICE—Knot Sjdo oMjio Public Hanaro. Q«i30-tf 91. O. KKnUKI.T,, I K, J. HAMMOND, I U. V. IIAMMONl), lAOmtiRe, (la. I Atlunta, Ga. | LuOrunge, Ga. FUlUllCLL, IIAMMONU «fe DIlO., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, La Grange, Georgia, W ILL praetlco In Troup county. All business ontrust- ed to tliuir care will receive personal, prompt and •carofal altonttou. . „ „ N. .T. HAMMOND still romuins a member of tlio firm of A. W. Hammond k Son, of Atlanta, oxcept oa to Troup •county. Jo6-tf Tailoring. NOTICK THIS! I TIIE SUBSCRIBER, thankful for pa«t favors, and 1 by a in-otti pt attention to busiueus, hopes for a coutiu- Catting and IVork Done Promptly I WN. E. LOVELACE, Tailor, xj * HAS RE-OPENED IIIS SIIOI\ up-Htalr*. ovor the Grocery Store of Wm. C. Yanooy, Woat aide Public {pjlfUiuarH, whoro bo luvltco all to call who want cheap • UlLwork, TRICES: Catting Coat $1 00 Cuttlug Punt* 75 Cutting Vent 75 O&f rvory effort will be made to give sntiHfiicUou. »p‘20 Cotton Warehouses. FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. (No. 9 lloyce's Wharf,) Charleston, SoulH Carolina. V. r. OWMN. J. M. BARNARD. OWEN I1ARNAHD, C O T T O N W A U KIIO U H E, La Grunge, Georgia. milANKTUL for the liberal patronano bestowed on un L loot ve»r, wo announce to COTTON SHIPPERS AND FARMERS that wo have re-opened our old Stand, uoiir tlic R. It. Depot, aud will give prompt uud personal attention ♦o all cotton stored with us. We also have a NIOIIT- WATCHMAN in till' <■ mt-0>iih 11ni<■ 111. *opll-tf XI. r. STOVALL, I P- K. IJUTI.KR, Of Augusta, Go. | Of Madison, Morgon co., Ga. STOVALL & IlLTLEU, COTTON WAItKHOUSL GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, (NEW FI1115-PROOF WAREHOUSE.) Bonthwoat Corner of Bay and Jackson Stroots Angnata, .jfJeorgl^u. . ULECFOKD C. FROST, COT T O X W A R K H O U S K , (Fust Side Public Square,) La Grange, Georgia, H AVING procured the woll-known WAREHOUSE for merly occupied by T. 0. Millor, and thoroughly pairod It, is prepared to givo his best attention to tho Storage and Shipping of Cotton VOLUME XXIV.} LA (CHANGE, G A., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1868. INUMBER 49. onotry respectfully i t. W. S1MR. J. F. WHATOS. TIIOS. M. JONES, WITH T r. W. SIMS A CO., COTTON FACTORS and GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Savannah, Georgia. I N ordor to enable Planters to HOLD THEIR COTTON. wo pr«q>oHe to advance 1*2% cenli per pound ou all shipments to us. and hold six months, (but subject to the shipper's orders, if ho should desire to sell bef< time.) at 1 per ceut per orl'2-3m* u. r. itc.sKKi.i_ onth, for tho mouoy atlvu i that RUSSELL & POTTER, COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS. AuR'inta, -Georgia (FINE nnK-rUOOF ukick building,I id to _ _ lei phi . ...... Liverpool, Havro, Bremen, und all other AMERICAN AND EURO PEAL MARKETS. LIBERAL ADVANCES made on consignments, and Prompt Return* rendered on sale. sei>4-3in ” CLAGliORL HERRING CO., COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 7 Warren Block, Angnata, Georgia ; Comor Vondue lUuigo and Accommodation Wharf, Charleston, South Carolina; 120 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I IBERAL CASH ADVANCES mado at all times on con- j slgnmcnts of COTTON. j*#-JOSEPH 8. BEAN, of I.aGrange, Georgia, is our Agent, and will give prompt attention to shipment* and ad• eancAf. sopll-tf Our Own Column. A BOLD, I.IVE AND 8TIRBIN0 PAPER I THE LA GRANGE REPORTER. JMffOt IN HANDSOME NKW DRESS! FURNISHED UNTIL JANUARY NEXT FOR NOTHING l TO THE READING PUIILIC, T HE PROPRIETORS OF THE LA GRANGE REPORT ER, desiring to extend its circulation, nud increase its usefulness in tho dissemination of correct national politi. cnl principles, and in the promotion of the material inter- ' J tho South, propose to scud the Paper to all Until January, 1870, for Three Dollars I Handsomest Papers In the Houih I Wo havaboon at a considerable espouse lu tho puroliaso of A Vow aud Complete Outfit f i Advertising Medium, tlio RxponTEn is ono of tho best country papers In tho State, having a largo and growing circulation In Wcutoru Georgia. Advertiaurs would do well to consider tho ad vantages of this paper lu that particular. POLITICAL DEPARTMENT. As Is generally known, tlio RBnonir.n is an active polit ical paper—over maintaining those principles and ideas of political economy, whicbitH proprietors conceive calculated to promote the best and highest interests of the whole country in general, and tho South in particular—regarding tho Constitution und political landmarks of the fnth'ors of tlio Old Remtblic ns the only correct guides for statesmen and the safest restraints upon the uggmrianiam and des potism of mere partisan supremacy. Wo are for maintaining the Federal Constitution and perpetuating the Union under its benign influence nnd teachings—regarding the Constitution uud tho Union ns the sacred inheritance bequeathed to this people by tho wisdom nnd blood of our patriotic sires. The Rkpoiitkh will ovor Htnnd the uncompromising advocate and defender of those hallowed bequests of Civil and Religious Liberty handed down to us by a patriotic ancostry. NEWS DEPARTMENT. In this department groat pains will bo taken to keop our rnadors advised of tho current events of importance transpiring throughout the country. We will always bo glad to receive news aud important mattor for this feature Of tho REPORTER. We. therefore, earnestly ask our friends in th« surrounding country, nnd at a distance, to send us all uows of interest transpiring in their midst. It is our desire to inako the REPORTER as much of u sue in this particular as it !a p< AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT of tho REPORTER that attention tho planting interests of our section demands. Uiulor tho appropriate heading, our agricultural readers may always And something useful and entertaining to them in their great and noble calling. Useful articles written for tills department of our pape are solicited and will be thankfully received. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Special attention will bo given to this department. Wo shall endeavor to koep our roudors posted regularly iu re gard to aur loral und the distant markets. Nothing will be left undone we nro ejipable of ncroraplinhing, to make tho REPORTER reliable iu this important particular. Onr proposition to furnish it to new yearly subscribers for nothing for the next two mouths is a strong inducement to the public. Wo ulso extQueml this proposition to clubs of subscribers. Let every friend of tlio REPORTER now come forward a helping hand uud wo promise them a good OVftt NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE* .11 about Ikochcr—Blylo nnd Manner of Delivery fJritlels- od—Applauded and Hissed while Preselling— Personal Appeanthcn—His Church—Htnnd built of Wood brought from Mount of Olives—Baptising with Jordan Rivor Winn for Sacramental Purposes— ono of the organ l'lpcs— A bitter Enemy ui the South. Water—Joruoalotn Winn to Bencher's crawling thro* Probably tho nost Senator—, paper. Respectfully, JONES k WILLINGHAM. Proprietors. JOB PRINTINC. 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RIDLEY, a recent gradu ate of tho New Orleaus School of Medicine, would offor their sorvioes in tho various branches of tho Medical Pro fession, to tho oitizeus of LuUrango and surrouuding country. . _ „ A reHideno© of thirty years in LaGrongo, and an exten sive practice during that time, by tho Rouior member oi the firm, is a sufficient guarantee to tho people that all cases, either from the town or countfy, will bo promptly ami faithfully attended to. ... ,, . _ j&- Office one door North of Pullen k Cox's old stand, and three doors 8outh of tho Post office. ATLANTA MARBLE WORKS I WM. OIl.VY, Prcp'r, 3. D. 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OU CAN 8AVE MONEY by getting yoi Y°"i tbu Z EALOUS in our endeavor to givo entire satisfaction to our customers, tlio Job Department of our Printing establishment has been supplied with Now Type and good workmen, and Is new capable of taming out the best work at fair priocH, at .tlio REP01 11TF.R OFFICE. ALEXANDER ERGKNZ1MGER, (Hunter Street, near Whitehall,) Atlanta,- Georgia, -lirOULD rospoctfelly inform hie old frtends In La Grange W and surrounding country that ho is prepared to nil all orders for FURNITURE, UPHOLSTERING, MATTRASSES AND BEDDING, DECORATIONS, WINDOW CURTAINS, ko., kat, kc. 9T Ml orders carefully and promptly, attended te.n the most icasonablc terms. octlo-tf THE GEORGIA MARBLE WORKS New York, Nov., 18G8. IuhIoimI of my giving you r synopniH of tho principal ovenU that have taken place hero since my lout, I propose to givo you, this week, a des cription of Plymouth Church and its pastor, Hen ry Ward Beecher, who, by his politico-religious sermons has obtaiuod such a wide spread noto- rioty, not only in the United fitutos, but also in Europo. Ho is, undoubtedly, a very sharp, shrewd man, well read, gifted with a flno flow of words where, withal, to gild his poetical image ries, and possessed of tolerably pleasing features, with u half defiant, half truculent air. Liko tho braggadocio, when ho knows he iR backed by his pals, ho uses tho former when lie advocates tho gall envonomod political dark deeds of tho Black Radical party, who largely compose his congre gations, and from whoso pockets, (alas! tho radi cal party havo no breast filled with tho milk of human kindness) ho draws his nourishment in the shape of a $12,500 salary per annum. IIo seldom uses tho truculent air, for ho has found out tho weakness of his co-wokers, (’twould ho a sinful moekory to call them luborors in Christ's vineyard, for can tho oldest inhabitant remem ber, when ho preached an entire discourse all for Christ? Aro they not universally admitted, fractionally divided into ono part God, two Beech er, and three radical party ?) nnd panders to their depraved and vitiated tastes by preaching politics, hurling his darts at Democracy, Tammany So- eioty, corrupt oily and State Governments, with now and then a sham, sarcastic prayer, implor ing mercy for deluded rebels. As an instance of his making God's houso, not a den of tliieves(V) but a political hostings, I re member last July, during the session of tho Democratic Convention, when Pendleton's name was spoken of as the leader of the Democracy, heaving him denounco “ tho man or party, who were guilty of advocating payment of the Nation al debt in greenbacks,” as “ rotten at tho core, and both morally and politically dishonest."— This onuueiation was greeted with loud plaud its expressing the approbation of his hearers, with the exception of a pious few, who came to serve tho master or who wore without doubt in favor of repudiat ion, and signified it by boldly hissing tho modern apostle of the Pilgrim Fathers. Has he not stolen the livery of heaven to serve tho devil (Radical party) in? Beecher’s manner of delivery* is any thing but oratorical. This defect he seems to bo fully aware of, but instead of cultivating a graceful, easy style, he affects a loud vehement manner, which ho fain would havo his hearers mistake for sup pressed fire, spontaneously bursting forth nud wildly rending the orator’s buzzum with eloquent strains. He is likewise afflicted with very undig nified posturing, such as a pnmpie squash way of throwing one leg a half yard in advance of the other, one hand plunged in his pants pocket, tho other in tho arm-hole of his vest Evidently his predilection seems to have boon to tread the theat rical boards, for which profession ho is totally unfitted by his obese form and clumsy action.— His sermons always show evidences of study, and for the most are written. They abound in much subtle humor—some <ff it quite irreverent; his audiences nro frequently convulsod with laughter—never suffused in tears. As to person al appearance ho Is six feet, lai^o, stout build, leaden eyes, forehead rotreating; wears his hair long and combed behind'W ears, and keeps his beard closely shaven. Ilis church is built of red brick—almost a square—unadorned by lofty towering steeples or loudly pcaliug bells. Midway tho top of tho doors and the eaves of the house are the words: •' ‘' PLYMOUTH CHURCH,' ’ ’ 1849. in plain romau letters. Nor is the interior of tho edifice decorated by fresco painting or gilded carving. Even the small stand he rests his arm on, and the larger ouo holding the Bible, aro both quite plain—almost entirely free from fancy work. The wood from which they are made was brought from the Mount of Olives, near Jerusa lem, last summer a yeur ago, by a party of ex cursionists to the Holy Land—one of whom was to havo been Beecher, but at the eleventh hour ho was prevented. Tho excursionists, also, brought back some Je rusalem wine and Jordan River water. A part of each was turned over to Beecher, and, on his announcing that applicants for baptism would be baptised with this water, tho shoddy aristocracy, eager for everything sensational, clutching at every straw' that may servo to make them notori ous, aud Bupcrstitiously of the opinion that, being baptised with such water, and by such an apostle, they must needs be saved, flocked to him liko unto the days of St. John tho Baptist; and when Jerusalem wine was served at the sacrament what a turn out was there! Theso are only a couph of samples of New York aristocratic religion d* tho present day. Closo by tho Bible stand, and at Beecher’s left, is placed an enormous bou quet of natural flowers, fresh every Sabbath, and soemingly growing in tho pot, which looks really very charming.. On the first Sabbath of tho present month I saw him baptise flvo or six infants; and his meth od, I must say, would far from please the Baptist denomination, as it is an abortive attempt at the sprinkle of the Methodists—merely dipping his finger tips in tho silver basin, inlaid with gold, and placing on the child’s head. Tho reason may havo been that ho was eking out the few last drops of the Jordan water/ Tho vocal music of his church is the finest I ever heard. The choir numbers over thirty regu lar members, and in addition, the whole congre- tion join in swelling tho anthems of praise to tho Highest. Tho organ is tho second largest iu the United States, and was put up in’GO at a cost of $25,000. An amusing incident is relat ed of Henry Ward’s crawling through one of the largo pipes before some of his congregation, in order to show tho sizo! This is only related as an eccentricity of genius; but if an ordinary mor tal had boon the hero of such a feat, he would have been complimented by being dubbed a fool ever after. Tho church has a seating ca pacity of 2500, but it is very difficult for a stran ger to get a seat, and an impossibility without being on hand early, and crowding around tho doors, which, on account of t|ie immense throngs who flock to hear him always, both summer and winter, present the appearaace of a theatre on the occasion of some popular star actor’s benefit night. The radical party having majorities in both branches of the State Legislature, it is confident ly thought he will bo the next U. S. Senator.— Gtorgln Nc%r» Arom ou** Exchanges* A steam fire ongluo [for Americits has arrived nt Savannah. Bishop Beckwith, of tho Diocese of Georgia, resides nt Maeou. Tho Democratic official majority in (ho Gth District iH 5,357. Offices go u begging in Sumter oouuty. No ono will run for Sheriff. A bogus Confederate soldier, named Gillespie, is operating in Southwest Georgia. Tho Superior Court of Houston will commence its session on Monday, tho 7th December. In a row in Newton county tho other day, a Bailiff, name not given, aud a negro, were kill ed. The first session of tho Supreme Court, with Brown an Chief Justico, will bo hold in Atlanta this month. Mules uro worth from $100 to $200 apiece in Macou. Droves are arriving from Tennessee and Kentucky. Mrs. Hines, of Dougherty county, while out riding the other day, was thrown from her horse and seriously injured. Four thousand nnd twenty oranges have been grown this season on one truo, ut Mont gomery, uoar Suvamiail* Robert Pilkinton, Esq., of Piko county, was killed by his step-son on tho 23rd nit. Tho murderer mado his escape. P. M. Beaufort, of Savannah, has been arrest ed for forging tho name of Glaghorn and Cun ningham for lurgo amounts. A man named George Millor, was shot and severely wounded, near Savannah, by a negro, ou Tuesday. “ Lot us have peace.” Luther Glenn, Esq., withdraws from the can didacy for the Mayoralty of Atlanta, to which he was nominated us a citizen’s candidate. A negro named Springfield has been detected us the* murderer of young Law, of Savannah, who was killed near that city on election day. The people of Augusta, employed guards to watch their milk cows while they are feeding during the day to protect them from negro huut- A RE now prepared to All all orders for MARBLE, and to furnish Monuments, Slabs, Tomb*, die., finished in the beet atyle, and at LOWER PRICES t}»an the name work can be done with Northern Marble. Our Marblo if equal to tho BEST AMERICAN. Dealer* can bo supplied with BLOCKS and SLABS of any dimensions. For any information or design* address GEORGIA MARBLE WORKS, Either at Marietta or Jasper, Pickena co., Ga. JMT w. H. sms in the Agent at MGrange. sepl-tf Inhere is no doubt of bis-accepting the place if tendered him, for his palms have long itched to clutch the coveted prize. Macauleysays priests, of all kinds, make the poorest statesmen of any other class of men—this being tbo case, it is to be hoped hiB fond hopes will bo blasted. The above rude sketch may seem to some more like a caricature than lifq picture. I dare say I have shown an unchristian spirit in being more eager to point out the moats in Beecher’s eye than I have in showing his good qualities. Time may, perhaps, change my views; but at present I can not look with an eye of favor on him when I remember ho lias always beon and still is u bitter maligner and implacable enemy to Dixie, and be wbo hates dear old Dixie must not expoct to have the love and veneration of . _ FARQUE. A high school for the education of children will be opened at Stone Mountain early in Jan uary, with Rov. William II. Strickland, us prin cipal. Bullock has Ret aside tho recent election hold in Muscogco for Coroner, Sheriff and Clerk, on tho ground that it was not advertised according to law. The Newnan ITerahl says that, Sunday even ing, 22nd qjt., the residence on the farm of John Robinson was burned. Origin of fire acci dental. The controversy for some timo existing between tho trustees and faculty of the Atlanta Medical college has been satisfactorily aud honorably ad justed. A negro attacked an old citizen of Morgan county, named John Cones, some days since, robbing him of $3G. The negro is now in jail at Madison. The Thomasville Enterprise insists that Thom as county shall nond two of her strongest men to the Farmers’ convtntion which meets in Macon on tho 10th inst. A paper in the interest of the people calling themselves “ Northern Methodists,’’and to be called the “Methodist Advocate," is to be soon started in Atlanta. The Newnan llcrald, of last week, chronicles the death of a negro who was killed by a gun shot wound inflicted by Mr. Kinchen Wellborn, who made good his escape. Hon. W. M. Butts, member of Georgia House of Representatives from Mai*ion county, died suddenly while out hunting a few days ago, it is supposed from apoplexy. Tho Empire aud the Atlantic Coast Mail Steamships from Savannah to New York have made arrangements to insure freight at their of- ficaj/ when desired, for half per cent. Our old friend, Col. R. F. Maddox, an old citizen of Troup, has engagedEin the tobacco business on Alabama Street, Atlanta. “Bob” is a clever fellow', any way you take him. Dir. Joseph Massey, of Thomasville, sends the editor of the Enterprise two stalks of sugar cone weighing 1G pounds, measuring twenty feet, and yielding one gallon nnd one quart of juice. David Anderson, Esq., of Gwinnett county, offiers a premium of a silver pitcher worth ten dollar, to tho farmer producing the largest quantity of cotton per acre ginned at his gin. It is said a scheme is on foot to refuse the vote of Georgia in the Presidential election, der the preposterous allegation that tho majority amounting to nearly one-third of tho wholo vote, was obtaiuod by intimidation. To encourage investments in manufacturing in Macon, the municipal administration have passed an act to exempt manufacturing estab lishments driven by steam power from taxation for thirty years, and those driven by water pow'- er aro exempted for sixty years. Tho Chronicle <0 Sentinel says thoro is a grow ing interest manifested in tho cultivation of to bacco in Northern Georgia. The climate nnd soil are found to bo in no way inferior to that of Virginia, and somo specimens showed to the ed itor manufactured at Clarksville, will compare favorably with the best Lynchburg chewing to bacco. Tho Macon Telegraph says that a comparison of the cotton receipts at Macon up to tho 15th of November, 1807, with the receipts up to the samo date this year, shows a falling off in the receipts of tho present year of 3,978 bales. On the 15th of November. 18G7, Middlings sold in Macon at 14 cents, samo date this year they sold at 21 i cents. Tho Macon Telegraph has been presented by Mrs. Collins, of that city with samples of Georgia oranges and Bannnnas, which tho editor pro nounces sweet and says they furnish proof that wo do not live too far North of the Tropics to produce its favorite fruit. Mrs. C. has the rep utation of boingthe most successful gardener in the city, as she is one of our most excellent la dies. Tho Thomasville Enterprise says Brooks coun ty is justly entitled to be called tho banner county. Her voting population is 1561, more than ono half of which are colored. Of this voting strength she gave Seymour aud Blair a majority of 1145. All honor to Brooks. Had tho other counties oi the Statons nobly clone their duty, Georgia would have doubled her present majority for the Democrats. We have all done very well, how ever, and will make a clean swoop next time. The Atlanta Constitution notes that prepara tions is vigorously kept up by the Messrs. Kim ball in the now Capitol building, and states the countless “ turnings” for finishing up have boon received from the North, and upwards of an hundred workmen are daily employed about the building. Also, that a number of accom plished frescoo painters have arrived, and will soon proceod to decorate tho spacious halls de signed to contain the assembled wisdom of Georgia, Mummery of New* froth our UiMiihgut Goorgo Foabody has given away $1,135,000. Kirby Smith’s school in Kentucky is u success. The pecan crop of Texas is unusually largo this year. Corn is selling at Denton, Texas, for 10 cents per bushel. Thurlow Wood will^spend tho coming winter ut the South. The official vote of Vermont is: Graut 44,1G7; Bey in our 12,045. Full returns from Minnesota givo Grant a ma jority of 15,519. Two hundred German emigrants arrived in Galveston, Texas, ou the 17th ult. A number of’fumilies left Caswell county, N. C., last week for Missouri, whoro they intend to loento. The Louisville Courier-Journal stntes that not less than three thousand workingmen of that oity uro out of employment. Gen. Buckner has been thrown out of the ed- itoriul chair by the consolidation of the Louis ville Courier and Journal. Horse stealing is still a capital crime in Vir ginia, and a man convicted of it is to bo bunged at Chestci field this month. Upwards of seventy emigrants from North Carolina passed through Richmond tho other day on their way to Minnesota. One hundred and fifty thousand hogsheads of sugar have been landed in Boston since tho first of January last—the largest receipt ever known there before. Copper mining in Michigan, it is stated, em ploys n capital of $50,000,009, nnd from 30,000 to 40,000 persons are engaged in working the mineral deposits. An entire Cleveland family, except the father, havo beon sent to tho Lunatic Asylum. The father is remarkably healthy und vigorous, both in mind and body. A Zurich letter, dated November 11th, says that tho greater part of Switzerland was already buried in snow*, though the leaves were hardly off tho trees in some places. A Paris journal states that the Emperor Napo leon is very much annoyed at the King of Prus sia being selected as arbitrator in the Alabama dispute, instead of himself or tho Czar. General Joseph E. Johnston is the agent of the London and Liverpool Globe Fire Insurance Companies for the States of Alabama and Geor gia, and is now traveling in their interest A new county, in Alabama, bearing the name of Escambia, has been formed from the South eastern portion of Coneuch and the Northeast ern portion of Baldwin counties, Pollard being tho proposed county site. Robespierre’s walking-cane which Baron von Bcust refused to accept last spring, was carried back to Paris, and sold by auction for three hun dred francs, to a Lyons amateur. A certificate of genuineness accompanies tho curiosity. Tlio Indians of tho Oneida settlement in Wis consin formally hung one of their tribe for mur der on tho 13th ult. A hollow square was formed around the scaffold, the criminal made a peoch, and met his fate with the usual stoicism of his race. Five hundred and sixteen ladies of Madrid have presented an address to tho President of the Council requesting the preservation of the hurches which havo been ordered to be pulled down, and also the maintenance of other relig ious establishments. The State Department has official details of re cent floods in Switzerland. Tho cantons of Ori son, Tessin, Valois and 8t. Gall, have been flooded. Fifty lives were lost. Means of com munication were swept away and valleys are cov ered with stones washed from mountains. Dispatches from Denver City says the city is infested with rogues driven from the Pacific Railroad trains by the vigilance committee. One of two highwaymen was killed and the other captured. The alleged horse thief reported kill ed was taken from jail by twenty men and hung. Not very long after the settlement of Boston, persons employed to explore the country and lay out the public roads reported that they had done , as far as they believed would ever be neces- sury, which was about seven miles w est of the colleges at Cambridge, This to them was the begiuniug of the great West Tho admission of tho Louisiana Congressmen chosen at the recent election is highly improba ble. Opposition to their admission is strength ened by the unofficial statement of Col. Keeler to the effect that Gen. Eosseau concurred with the Radical lenders in the opinion that negroes could not safely vote. For tho relief of tho merchants in Bt Louis, who make representations that they have diffi culty in procuring gold for the payment of im port duties, the Secretary of the Treasury has authorized tlio Assistant Treasurer of the United States at St. Louis to sell, until further orders, not exceeding $25,000 of gold per weok to im porters, for the payment of customs duties. Tho War Department has issued an order that no permanent barracks, quarters, hos pitals, storehouses, officers’ Rtablcs, piers, or wharves shall be erected but by order of the Sec retary of War, and according to the plan direct ed by him, and no alteration Hhall be made in any such public building without authority from the War Department. It has been definitely docided to land the American end of tho now French Atlantic cable on a high knoll on the Duxbury shore, in Ply mouth county, Massachusetts. The town has giv en a lot of land for tho terminus, which iB now held by Professors Pierce and Whiting, of the coast survey, as trustees. From Duxbury the cable will of course communicate with New’ York by means of land wires. Hon. John Slidell intends to make an effort to recover his property in Now Orleans, and for this purpose he has executed a power of Attor ney to two gentlemen of New Orleans. This was acknowledged before General Dix, Ameri can Minister in Paris, by John Slidell and his daughter, and in Frankfort by his son, before the United States Consul there. Young Slidell is a clerk in Erlangor’s bank. Tho New Orleans Republican has been con verted into a joint stock concern, with a capital of one hundred and ten thousand dollars, con sisting of eleven hundred shares of one hundred dollars each. The directory is to consist of five, to wit: A. L. Leo, J. M. G. Parkor, Michoal Hahn, Jacob Haw'kins, and Thomas C. Tracy. Ex-Governor MichealC. Hahn announces his assumption of the editorial charge of the paper. Admiral Davis, commanding the South Atlan tic squadron, has made application to the Secre tary of tho Navy for an additional foroe of ships RATES OF At>V: AnvKSXinfcMrKTu at 11 i»or * this typo for one insertion. —* '■“Mu column xdVi bh7 ,i iib.it He if 2 IK) S0 I 5 00} 10 } 7 M)| 12 , ID (Mil 15 00} 90 00 i 12 00 17 60 j 22 IN) 14 00 20 00; 2ft 00 60 00 66 00 100 00 „ . 1*0 00 116 00 160 00 Letter from Jurilfr ChauiIf In View* on Po ll! Ic it I Afl'ulrs. The following letter was written in April lost, by Judge Chose, to Hon. H. W. Hilliard, of Georgia—being drawn out by u published letter from Mr. Hilliard, declining to he a candidate for Congress, but giving his views of political affairs: Wasiiinoton, April 27, 1868. Drxn Sir: Some tjftys since I received, from an unknown hand, a paper containing a letter of yours, which I read with great interest. My acquaintance with you when we were both in Congress—you in the House, and I iu the Senate was very slight; but, slight as it was, I take occasion from it to write you a few lines, suggested by your letter. Ever since the war closed I have been very anx ious for the earliest practicable “restoration” of the States of the South to their proper relations to the other States of the Union. I adopt your own statement of the problem to he worked out, because 1 agree with you iu tho opinion that tbonu “ States have never been other than States within the Union since they became parties to the Federal Government, nnd that the failure to maintain tin ■rtions of independence in the conflict of arms which followed left them States within the Union.” The point on which I probably differ from you is this: The people for whom and through whom these States w«rc to be organized at the close of the war, was not, as I think, the same people at that which existed in them when the war began In my judgment, tho refusal of the proprietary class, if it may be so-called, to recognize thus fact, aud its legitimate, and, indeed, logical con sequences, and the convictions of large majori ties in the States which udhered to the National Government in respect to it, caused most of tho trouble of the lust three years. I have not time to go at large into this subject; hut I may say, briefly, that emancipation came to be regarded by these majorities as a military necessity; that the faith of the nation was pledged by the proclamation of emancipation to maintain the emancipated people in tho possession and enjoyment of tho freedom it conferred; that to this end the amendment to the Constitution pro hibiting slavery throughout the United States was proposed and ratified; that, becoming free men, the emancipated people became necessarily citizens, and that, as citizens, they were entitled to be consulted in respect to reorganization, and to the means of self-protection by suffrage. This is a very brief, but, 1 think, a perfectly cor rect statement of what may be called, for the sake of brevity, the Northern view of this matter. It would, perhaps, be more correct to cull it the loyal view, North and South—using the word loyal as distinguishing the masses who support the National Government from the masses who opposed it during tho war. Now, the particular mutter to which I wish to draw your attention is, whether policy and duty do not require the class which I have called pro prietary, meaning thereby the educated and cul tivated men of the South—whether property- holder or not—to accept this view fully, and act upon it. Is it possible to doubt that, had this been ac cepted uud acted upon three years ago, after the surrender of Lee and Johnson, the Southern States would have been richer to-day by hun dreds of millions than they are, and that long ago universal amnesty and the removal of ull disabilities would have prepared the hearts of men on both sides for n real Union? Can it bo a matter of question that the colored voters, find ing in tho educated classes true friendship, evinced by full recognition of their lights, and practical acts of good will, would have gladly given to those classes substantially their old lead in affairs, directed now, however, to Union, aud not to disunion; to the benefit of all, und not exclusively to the benefit of u class? I observe that you say that tho “ attempt to carry on the Government with the privilege of universal suffrage incorporated as one of its ele ments is full of danger.” Danger is the condition of all governments; because no form of govern ment insures wise and beneficial udmiuistration. But I beg you to consider, is there not u greater danger without than with universal suffrage?— You cannot make suffrage less than universal for the whites; aud will not the attempt to discrimi nate excite such jealousies and ill feeling us to postpone to a distant future what seems so es sential- namely: the restoration of general good will, and bringing into lead of the educated men and the men of property, and so securing the best and most beneficial administration of affairs for all classes. Take universal suffrage und uni versal amnesty, and all will be well. Can yon, my dear sir, devote your fine powers to a better work than complete restoration ou this basis ? Yen* trulv and and respectfully, yours, ■ s. P. CHASE, Hon. Henry W. Hilliard. Interesting Case. THE OWEN THOMAS WILL CASE—IMPORTANT TRIAL. Mr. Thomas died several weeks ago. Only one will has been found, aud it was made in 1852. In it, he desired that about twenty-five of his negroes be carried, by his executor, after his death, to Liberia, as they might elect, and there set free—they and their posterity forever. He then desired the residue of his property, includ ing some sixty other negroes, who also were his slaves, to be reduced to money. He required that his debts, which are small, his executors and tlio expenses of transportation of the ne groes to be freed, be first paid, and then desired the remainder of the funds to be divided among the negroes thus set free—and divided in speci fied proportions, ou their arrival ut their new homes. r There now remains nineteen negroes who claim the property of deceased under this will, which his relations are endeavoring to break.— The estate is worth at least $50,000, and may ex ceed this sum l»y many thousands. Mr. James K. Redd, who is* the only surviving executor of the will, has presented it for probate. General H. L. Banning aud James M. Russell, Esqs., counsel for caveators, proposed to introduce him to prove that Owen Thomas had often said to him that he no longer considered that document his will, und that he was no longer the executor to carry out its provisions, and that he (Thomas) considered it pi no effect on account of the treat ment he had received from the beneficiaries under the will,since it was executed, and that he had made another will to suit his view-s to the changed sit uation and circumstances. To this the counsel for the proponnders, Messrs. Ingram and Craw ford. Thornton and Williams and Ramsey and Ramsey objected. Able arguments wore made by Messrs. Thornton and -J. N. Ramsey, and Gen. Benning and J. M. Russel, Esqs. The re sult was tho testimony of Mr. Redd was admit ted. It will be given to-day, and probably the argument continued on other points. This case will perhaps become an historical one, us many points of great moment are involv ed. The will conflicts with the law of Georgia passed in 1859, making it impossible for negroes to be freed by will, and his conditions, now im possible to be fulfilled. Whether recent procla mations freeing slaves render this law nugatory or what effect they may have on the conditions are among tho many mutters to bo considered. Williams and Thorntcn, and Ramsey and Ram sey represent tho negroes; Ingram and Crawford the executors; James M. Russell, Mrs. Hargrove, the only surviving sister of Owen Thomas, and Gen. II. L. Benning, and Peabody and Brannon, the heirs of Mrs. M. W. Thweatt, deceased, an other sister. The array of counsel is imposing. —Columbus Sun. and men, owing to a continuance of the troubles in South America, and the part which he is ex pected to take therein. Secretary Wells, in re ply, says that it is impossible to comply with the Admiral’s request, in consequence of the largo reduction that has been made in the navy, and to the fact that tho urgency of the service in other squadrons precludes the transfer of suita ble ships. Oath of OJBce. An Act prescribing an oath of ofllco to be taken by persons from whom legal disabilities shall have been removed. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of tho United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever any person who has participated in the late rebellion, and from whom all legal disabilities arising there from have been removed by act of Congress by a vote of two thirds of oach house, has been elected or appointed to any place of trust in or under the government of the United States, he shall, before entering upon tho duties thereof, instead of the oath proscribed by the act of Ju ly 2, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, take and subscribe the following oath or afftirmation: I, A. B., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of tho Unit ed States against all enemies, foreign and do mestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on whioh I urn about to enter. So help me God. Approved July 11, 1868. A quaint old gentleman, in speaking of the different allotments of men, by which some be come useful citizens and worthies* vagrants, by way of illustration, remarked: “So one slab of marble becomes a useful doorstep, while another becomes a lying tombetouC.” What a Live Paper doc* for II* City, Thera is a very general and Very incorrect the ory among tho citizens of almost all loWllfl, Mays the Mobile livqishr, that the balance of gratitude is all on the side of a newspaper. By thir, we mean that almost every patron of n journal thinks he—in his own particular person—not only con fers a lasting and indispensable obligation on tho puper, but that he in some sort inspires und is re sponsible for each and every idea suggested, the ory developed, or progress made, by such sheet. Now this is an error—innocent, perhaps, but not pleasant when too impressively stated. We pro pose, therefore, to show briefly that the balance is in some sort the other way; and that fh*boot*, so to speak, in on the other leg. In tbu first place, a town is generally judged in part by its newspapers. Strangers coming into its liotele, reading rooms, and public nlnces took fit a city through the medium of its daily press. If they find it aetive, progressive, live—they infer Hint the community for whose business, political or moral interest it spooks, are of that manner like wise. So it is with distant l eaders, who, even more than temporary sojourners in its midst, form their idea of a people's sentiment* from its press. Which of us has not made his ideal picture of tlio town he was approaching in a railway car, from the dingy, wretched and stupid 10 by 1‘4 sheet, into the purchase of which a griuiuiy news boy had seduced his stray dime? Who of us has not sworn an inward oath to avoid tho town that issued such, even should it cost a night of rack ing torture on a bud road? Ever}' where in the world the newspaper is an index of the progress of a place; and we judgo its style and tone from the style nnd tone of tho . representative it sends abroad to spwik for it, It is clearly, then, to the interest of every citi zens of a town to do all in his power fo make its newspapers appear prosperous and he, in reality, prosperous aud independent. Not that they should do this for any disinterested luotrvu. They should act upon the most selfish principle, viz: that every dollar invested iu increasing its subscription or its advertising, increases its use fulness and reacts to their advantage. Seriously, to look ut what we have treated ho lightly above, a paper, perfect in all its appointments, sent forth from a town aids much towards drawing travel, business, capital und population into it. A newspaper is tho common investment of u com-? niunity, and it should be so considered by every member of it. And such community should defi nitely make tip its mind either to give such free support and encouragement as to make its paper a worthy representative, or to withdraw it all and crush it, if unworthy. Any middle counsel is as unfair to itself as it is to the paper. And such patronage is not charity or even favor, uny more than such ubsolute withdrawal would.bo injustice or fraud. It is a mere matter of busi ness investment, interest, and there is and can not be any sort of gratitude cm the part of tho recipient. The journal says, iu effect, to tho subscriber or the advertiser, you pay so much for a certain good you expect; wo receive it for services performed. You give this patronage hoping it will result in ten-fold advantage to you; wo accept it because by so aiding you wo help ourselves and increase our sphere of use fulness und profit. We help you, say tho patron, because we think we can use you for our own profit. We take your money, iuya tho paper because wc want the means to be useful to you and to others, and especially to ourselves. It is the plainest and most practical of mutual co-operative societies; and as such it is always regarded by live communities that have their in-, terests constantly in full view'. Look at tho growth of business interests iu Chicago, Cincin nati, New Orleans, and Sfc. Louis, and how their daily press has kept pace with it; and then, imagine the result to such business were their presses suddenly removed and not replaced. We commenced by sft}ing that the balance of indebtedness was not on the side of the news paper which is the one voice speaking for the many. Let any practical man revolve tho mat ter in his own mind and he will not onlv see this, hut ho will evolve for himself plain busi ness propositions susceptible of no contradic tion and no quibble. These era: First. That a live and energetic newspaper is essential to ov* ry < immunity that pretends to a busines 1 - important • *• Second. Tlmt such a papur should In; general ly supported by the community in its own best interests und be thus made effective for good, Third. That to be thus effective the paper must be entirely independent—able to nee.the truth and, seeing it, to dare to speak it at all times and against idl individual interests; and finally, . ' ' . Fourth, That all nppronclHo thnnkfulne*s for favors bestowed, in return for services rendered, is, in some sort, upprojvchto accepting a subsidy, and just in so much emasculating its vigor uud vitiating its mission. Extraordinary Decision.—In the case of Mo ses George, colored, on trial lor arson helore the Superior Court of Randolph county, ou Monday last, the jury, after deliberating for several hours, returned a verdict of guilty, nnd were dismiss ed by liis honor Judge Harrell, who* then vacated liis seat e. r *« Subsequently, learning that the ppmshmunt of this crime was death, the jury ro-assemhicd and petitioned the judge that they might be al lowed to retire and ro-consider their flamer ver dict. Judge Harrell decided that tlioy might do so, and suggested that they possessed tho right to a recommendation of mercy to the court, which could "then commute the prisouma sen tence into imprisonment for life... The jury was then re-orgiinizo9, and after a brief absconeo reversed the previous derisions and brought in a verdict of absolute acquittal This, contrary to usage and precedent, tho Judge received iu tho absence of all tho counsel for the State, and immediately after tho prison er who, under the laws cf the land, had been duly convicted of the heinous crime of arson, turned loose upon the community in tho darkness of night The following morning Ool. Fielder, counsel for the State, demanded the execution of the first and only lawful finding of the jury, and the re arrest of the prisoner. This the Judge refused to permit, nnd as in such cases the State has no appeal, justice has been cheated of its dues, and the attempted de struction of our city does not oven roceive a pass- ingrebuke. We forbear comment, being content w ith a simple statement of tho (nets of the case, as vouched lor by many of the most prominent and upright citizens of the community. Indeed they are beyond all doubt- or question.—Cuthr bert Appeal Richmond, Nov. 2G.—E(L A. Pollard, broth or of H. R. Pollard, who was killed on Tuesday, ar rived here this afternoon. He publishes a card in the Evening Stale Journal, alluding to tho cheering of Grant by the crowd, tho verdict of the Coroner Jury spying the death was caused by an unknown’ person, Ac. He says : Let thefco things stand to the shame of their perpe trators, and Bwrite their commentary on tbo chivalry of Richmond- They ehaine not iqe, thoy shame not the dead—my heart is sufficient to hold him. No man can iuralt my tears. I come to claim but one thing, -that jtisti<$9 r 't>o done; let all true people reconsider. I aw for from defending tho article in my hrother’s paper. I deeply regret it, but my brother did nottvrite it. The murderer nevar inmured for tho real author; ho never asked any word of explana tion; he never applied to have the article correct ed; he took not one ringle measure which tho brave man, no matter how wronged, always takes before he goes to the last resource.of blood; he went without one alternative to that reaoqrce of blood; and fre w^it whero no one but tho coward treads oh'tne path of the assassin. , [Signed] 'Edward A. PolLard. Mr. Pollard says that the Southern Opinion shall not be published again. Abuses in Bankino.—Alluding tefthe late pan ic in Wall Street, the New York Times says tho Erie railway officers kept a line of deposits ‘ of twelve or fifteen millions of dollars in their bonk, the aggregate capitals of which araoimtod to lees than four millions of dollars; and ono of these banks with a capital of three quarters of * Mil lion dollars, oertf fled a chock tor eight millions cf dollars! Tho asks: * What security is there, then, in a eight million check, when th4 f has a capital of bat $750,000? Safety is possible if banks may endorser* for aoiountevast own mean# ? Or what limit ulutire capacity of hritadi ^ *-“ available plans ,juay r